Life Of Walt Disney
Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901, to Elias (Schickel,124) and Flora Disney ("Walt Disney: A Biography,"1). He was born in Chicago, Illinois to poverty. Disney had four other siblings ("Walt Disney: A Biography,"1) which included three brothers named Roy, Raymond, and Herbert and a sister named Ruth.("Through the Years 1859-1909,"1-2) When he was four years old his family moved to a farm in Marceline, Missouri. At the age of eight Disney came to the conclusion that he wanted to draw cartoons like they did in the newspapers. The only problem was his family had no money for paper and pencils. In addition, his father thought drawing was a waste of time (DeWitt,10). When Disney was sixteen years old he, left the farm to join the service. While in the service, he drove an ambulance, and during his free time he would draw (Schickel,124). After he had left the service, he made cartoon advertisements that were shown in the movies (Disney(Walter Elias)Walt",1), until he set up a shop in Kansas City, Missouri. Then in 1923, at age 22, he opened a cartoon studio in Hollywood, California (Schickel,124). Later on, Disney married a lovely woman named Lillian and had two daughters, Diane and Sharon (Schindehette,52).
After his death his dream became a reality ("Walt Disney... ,"3). Disneyworld opened in 1971, five years after Disney's death (Knauer,119). The dedication was held on October 25, 1971. One year later on December 15, 1966 (Phillips,243) Walt died of lung cancer in Hollywood (Schickel,124). The year 1950, was also a big year because Treasure Island was released. It was the first film with real live actors. In 1953, the first full-length nature film was released called The Living Desert. Then in 1954, Disney and his studio employees started television with Disney's first two series, Alice in Cartoonland and Oswald the Rabbit, which was unsuccessful ("Disney(Walter Elias)Walt,"1). Sometime in the fifties, Disney had a sensation with the series Davey Crockett (Knauer,119). Another movie came out in 1964, called Mary Poppins. Disney and his employees together made over one hundred films ("Walt Disney,"3). 1927, the famous mouse named Mickey was created by Ub Iwerks, who first envisioned the mouse (Phillips,100) but Lillian was credited with naming him (Schindehette,52). On the day of September 19, 1928, Steamboat Willie was released which starred Mickey; it was the first movie with a
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